Women Sociopolitical and Historical Contexts in Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire from the Kohlberg´S Moral Dilemmas

The Developmental Stages and Moral Dilemmas proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg are used as an instrument of dramaturgical analysis to identify the social, political, and historical contexts of female figuration in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. From these stages, an investigation is c...

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Author: Arnaut de Toeldo, Luis Marcio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Brasil
Institution:Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Letras e Lingüística (ANPOLL)
Repository:Revista da ANPOLL (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistadaanpoll.emnuvens.com.br:article/1273
Online Access:https://revistadaanpoll.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/1273
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire
American Dramaturgia
Lawrence Kohlberg
Moral Dilemmas
Dramaturgia Norte-americana
Dilemas Morais.
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Summary:The Developmental Stages and Moral Dilemmas proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg are used as an instrument of dramaturgical analysis to identify the social, political, and historical contexts of female figuration in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. From these stages, an investigation is carried out to reveal the fictional substrata worked by the author relationned to woman in his work, bringing to the fore as it is read and understood in the society of his time. Finally, it is evident that the history of women is predominantly tied to patriarchal values. The moral dilemmas proposed by Kohlberg, therefore, prove to be proficient instruments to dramaturgical analysis and deepening of questions that go beyond the hegemonic reading of the work of the author.